Police are appealing for witnesses after a "completely unprovoked" assault on a woman in Hawick.

At around 1pm on Friday 14 October, a 27-year-old woman was walking on the Loan, near the junction with Beaconsfield Terrace, when two men and a women started to punch and kick her to the head and body.

The suspects made off and the victim was taken to the Borders General Hospital for treatment to facial injuries.

Police Scotland are trying to trace the group responsible and anyone who can assist with this investigation is asked to contact police on 101.

The suspects are described only as being white and aged between 35 and 40-years-old.

This appears to have been a completely unprovoked assault that left the victim with some painful injuries to her face,

We are pursuing a number of local inquiries to trace the people who carried out the attack and would ask anyone who saw what happened to contact us immediately.

It is believed there were a number of members of the public in the area at the time and if you have information relating to this incident then please get in touch.